Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	15.3 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 23:35
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 526 70% 523 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 198 Parallax 173 135% 179 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 100GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10930 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1321 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25959132747	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 403 Mixed 418 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51 172% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 99.8 95% 141 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: UI190000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 450 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A5) Unknown 100 100 446 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 120 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 70 300648693803 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1215493832987 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 693 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2484 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1022 (F2) Unknown 100 100 506 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	33.9% Below average	Read 468 Write 74 Mixed 61.3 43% 201 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 2.23 36% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 2.79 6% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 52%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979740705 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1966943816 (F7) Unknown 100 100 63213519 (F8) Unknown 100 100 20839256 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1255 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	57.4% Above average	Read 474 Write 286 Mixed 312 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 15.5 66% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 25.2 DQ Mixed 19.7 16% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 95%
Lexar JumpDrive S23 USB 3.0 64GB-$38 319 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 37GB free, PID a833 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 104 Write 6.5 Mixed 50.6 54% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.68 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.77 52% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 125%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,906x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	366x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Total price: $1,206

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16